[CQ-Contest] NCJ Article RE: Sweepstakes Change Suggestions

[Joe]

I LOVE SS BECAUSE of the LONG EXCHANGE!

It's not some simple brain dead 59 bla bla exchange that the anti 
contesters just love to make fun of.

But I know I'm different! I also liked the old Novice Roundup that 
lasted TEN DAYS!

The old Novice Roundup required you to learn and understand propagation. 
It was NOT just brute force get on and make contacts.  You had to decide 
WHEN to get on. And on what bands.

Is getting on at 3 AM Tuesday morning a good time? Or is a Saturday 
afternoon at 3 PM Better? Say, You still need Mainly seven land 
multipliers, what time and what band will give the greatest chance for 
propagation into seven land for you and your station!

A contest that has strategy not just brute force would be really cool!

I really never had gotten the feelings of the Sunday doldrums in SS.

But of course, I have done also many a VHF/UHF contests. Where on Sunday 
one QSO a Hour is great!

Joe WB9SBD
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On 3/14/2018 7:19 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Do we know why there are fewer new contesters doing the SS than other
> contests?  Maybe the long exchange?  Any other things turning off new
> licensees from this contest?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:32 AM, Ed Sawyer <sawyered at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> I think that SS has a number of fundamental issues in todays contesting
>> environment.  Not sure that changing the start and end times changes it.
>>
>>
>>
>> It seems that virtually all of the participants have been doing SS for
>> decades and very few new people are adding in.
>>
>>
>>
>> If the people that do it every year want changes, great.  But I think that
>> the notion it makes SS less slow on Sunday, or increases participation are
>> misguided.
>>
>>
>>
>> The concept of allowing more than one QSO per band has merit to me, but I
>> have never been an SS fan due to the SLOW 50% of the contest.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed  N1UR
>>
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